@MITGameLab

Exploring the Potential of Play at MIT!

 Cambridge, Massachusetts
gamelab.mit.edu
Joined March 2009
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New Best of 2023 list includes @criticalplay & @hopfka's "Playing Oppression" and "Earlier" (published by @SemiotextePress). Thank you!
PopMatters
@PopMatters19 Dec 2023
The Best Books of 2023 ➡️ bit.ly/3RxxZje It won’t surprise PopMatters readers that many of our best books of 2023 are excavations of our increasingly clamorous culture. It wasn’t a year for escapism. #BestOf2023
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Thanks all for coming out last night! Ya'll brought some exciting games & it was amazing seeing @SnoozyKazoo's Turnip Boy Robs a Bank on the huge screen! We can't wait to be back in the spring, huge thank you to our hosts @mitopenspace + @MITGameLab and sponsor @skymapgames 💖
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Mikael Jakobsson@hopfka9 Aug 2023
Our book is now available as a free download! Check it out here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mono…
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Happy new year and new book! You can preorder our new book (w/ @hopfka) Playing Oppression now!! amazon.com/Playing-Oppressio…

Playing Oppression: The Legacy of Conquest and Empire in Colonialist Board Games

Board games conjure up images of innocuously enriching entertainment: family game nights, childhood pastimes, cooperative board games centered around resource management and strategic play. Yet in...

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@EMERITUS_INST21 Dec 2022
Take a forward-thinking, inclusive approach to #gamedesign. Learn from MIT expert instructors who actively practice game design and conduct research in @MITGameLab emrt.us/mo-pcgd-tw-bp @MITxPRO #gamedevelopment
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Special event, Nov. 30! @LupeFiasco presents “Rap Theory & Practice: an Introduction” (in-person @MIT and streamed) cmswm.it/3EFM4pB. It'll be "an exploration into the underlying fundamental functions, structures, and principles of rap." @MIT_SHASS @LITatMIT @ArtsatMIT
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Join CMS/W: Faculty openings for Native American Studies and Chinese Language and Culture cmswm.it/3Boqlj7

Faculty openings for Native American Studies and Chinese Language and Culture

Application deadline: November 1, 2022.

cmsw.mit.edu
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Learn how MIT gets serious about video games by exploring the course Creating Video Games taught by @djphiliptan, @rikaru, and Sara Verrilli. You can even PLAY games created by students. bit.ly/3uzZj5w @MITGameLab
5 Screenshots of student created games. The words "The Games of CMS.611J" is written in the middle."

ALT 5 Screenshots of student created games. The words "The Games of CMS.611J" is written in the middle."

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AbelanaVR@AbelanaVR10 May 2022
A shout-out to @MITGameLab whose OpenRelativity toolkit was instrumental to the development of the mobile part of our Near the Speed of Light experience! Thank you for all your work folks that paved the beginning of this road! #lightspeed #VReducation #arvrinedu #vr
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This Wednesday, learn about the making of "Promesa" a counter-colonialist board game set in Puerto Rico. @MITGameLab @ArtsatMIT @hopfka eventbrite.com/e/promesa-boa…

Promesa (Board Game) Launch Event

Learn about the making of "Promesa" a counter-colonialist board game set in Puerto Rico

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We’re proud to unveil the debut trailer for our next game, #Techtonica. Let’s get to work. Watch the Trailer on YouTube ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=9FK15vuZ… Wishlist on Steam ⬇️ bit.ly/TechtonicaonSteam Join the Discord ⬇️ bit.ly/techtonicadiscord Learn More ⬇️ techtoni.ca
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Excited to share our latest publication about learning in VR "Stereoscopic Views Improve Spatial Presence but not Spatial Learning" #VR #VirtualReality #learning @EducationArcade @MITGameLab @mit_cmsw direct.mit.edu/pvar/article/…
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OLE Nepal@olenepal15 Sep 2020
New Blogpost Alert! A detailed blog by Regan Maharjan (Lead Game Developer at OLE Nepal) on a 12-week long Game Design course with Philip Tan ( Creative Director @MITGameLab ) >> blog.olenepal.org/index.php/… #gamedesign #gamedevelopment #learninggames #mitjwel #play2learn
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Hazel Anneke Dixon@Nimim8 Sep 2020
Brilliant talk on puzzle design from Sarah Verrilli! Great to hear acknowledged that you can make really interesting puzzles without needing to compromise on accessibility.
MIT Game Lab@MITGameLab8 Sep 2020
In 15 minutes, Break This code "Tmb’a uism i xchhtm qv iv pwcz!" (learn about puzzle design with us!) youtube.com/watch?v=21t2wT1X…
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Because @MITGameLab made this cool game have no reaction speed requirement, and was very forgiving of running into the wrong places, it was quite accessible. #GAAD
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A Slower Speed Of Light voice-controlled playthrough, using VoiceAttack: youtu.be/eUXjvBpFnnk Anyone can see in ultraviolet if they run fast enough, and this game demonstrates how colours and space change as you travel closer to the speed of light. Game made by @MITGameLab

A Slower Speed Of Light voice-controlled playthrough, using VoiceAt...

Demonstrating the short game A Slower Speed Of Light from the MIT G...

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"Visiting the Minecraft Institvte of Technology...As part of our unit on spectation, streaming, and moderation, research scientist Philip Tan explored the Virtual MIT in Minecraft." cmswm.it/3cX1SDw via @MITGameLab
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MIT Museum@MITMuseum29 Apr 2020
The collaborators behind the full scale replica of MIT in Minecraft are now talking with the MIT Museum about preserving this project as an artifact. @BostonMagazine ow.ly/ldVu50zshsn
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Eric Klopfer@eklopfer28 Apr 2020
MIT students painstakingly recreated their iconic campus in 'Minecraft' — take a look (check out some of the photo credits from another Klopfer) businessinsider.com/mit-camp… via @businessinsider

MIT students painstakingly recreated their iconic campus in 'Minecraft' — take a look

Most US colleges have moved to remote learning for the rest of the semester, and now even the return to campus in the fall is in question.

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Eric Klopfer@eklopfer28 Apr 2020
MIT Out-MITs Itself; Builds Full Scale Campus Replica on Minecraft (more O Klopfer photo credits in here) bostonmagazine.com/news/2020…

MIT Out-MITs Itself; Builds Full Scale Campus Replica on Minecraft

Students were looking for a way to connect in an era of college closures and social distancing.

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